Jay Ratliff wrecks truck, arrested for DWI **merged*

I don't know all the facts. Perhaps he had something in his contract that if he got another DWI then he could be cut. I don't know and I suspect you don't either. But if you have information contrary to my remarks I'm happy to review it. It will be tomorrow as I'm going to bed to watch Africa.

What in the heck makes you think we can't cut Ratliff again, if we want to?

Its absurd to think we can't cut a player if we don't want him on the team anymore.

Do you think the BA is important. It'll be hard for them to prosecute him if its legal. I doubt that'll be the case but it is important. I'd like to know if this is his first offense. Was he the cause of the accident, both parties guilty or just Rat? We aren't privy to league actions previously since to my knowledge he's never been suspended for alcohol or other substance abuse but it is possible he's been dinged by the league. If he's intoxicated then that will give the league more ammunition and the penalties could escalate.

But the team cannot cut him for this unless his contract explicitly says so and most don't have a clause like that although that's possible and we'd never know.

We should know the BA reasonably soon.

Not really.. when you drive into the back of a freakin 18 wheeler you're either drunk or an imbecile.

But its a big black eye to the Dallas Cowboys and the league if Jay Ratliff is on the roster and starting week one of the 2013 season after what the team went through, and Jerry the Marketer and the league and even the union knows it.

Regarding if they have the ability to cut Ratliff if they wanted to I believe it is easily yes. Terrell Owens was released by the Eagles eventually the issue with TO was that the Eagles wouldn't cut him during the season so he could sign with another team and instead deactivated him for the rest of the season while trying to cut his salary. I believe that is what happened...

If you want an example Brandon Jacobs was released from the 49ers right when he couldn't sign with another team in the playoffs after he was suspended for running his mouth about the 9ers.

It's like the Rooney Rule. Teams only have to show the minimal amount of interest in interviewing a minority coach if they already have someone specific in mind. The Cowboys can easily cite Ratliff's production, injuries, salary, cap number or switching schemes if they want to cut Ratliff. There are protections in the CBA to cover players from being cut for off field violations, but as long as Jones doesn't come out and say "I'm cutting Ratliff for his DUI arrest" it should be pretty simple.

What an idiot. This couldn't be worse timing. I wouldn't be surprised if we just cut him tbh.

And so much for fixing the O-Line in the draft.. Looks like we'll be drafting D-Line with at least our first 2 picks now. Sweet.

A need based draft would be the absolute worse thing we could do at this point. Since we have so many holes, its not like we will fill them all anyway so we just need to add the most talent as we possibility can come draft time (BPA), regardless of position. Heck, we could pick almost any position at this point, and its a need anyway.

There isn't one position group on this team that couldn't use an upgrade with youth while getting rid of bad contracts.

Pending the results of this blood test, but you have to be really stupid to pull off this move.

Drinking and driving is a stupid and dangerous thing to do. Many of us have been guilty of this CRIME. Lets not all act like saints here. How many times have you had a drink or two at a bar, restaurant, friends house, and drove home? Even if its a few blocks? Many of us have.

But with that being said, its wrong and its a stupid thing to do. Especially for a member of this football team. A few months after one of your teammates was killed, and another jailed. You go and have some drinks and risk that? There is a service set up for the team to drive you home.

Joe Citizen does not always have that ability to get a free ride home. Some of us have friends and others have to call cabs. While some of us take that risk every weekend.

Look at the news folks, its not just this team. Numerous law enforcement officers themselves are arrested each year. One of them just killed someone last week in fort worth. This is an epidemic. And it needs to stop.

I came within a foot of doing the same after almost falling asleep on the wheel. It was late and I was younger, but I can assure you I had not a drop of alcohol in me.

So yeah, I'm an imbecile, but not a criminal. Maybe Ratliff did the same.

I ran into the back of a car when i fell asleep at the wheel for a second lucky i was able to wake up in time and put on the brakes to keep from making it a bad wreck just a minor fender bender.

I did not have one drop of alcohol I was running on about 12 hours of sleep for the week and driving back from Military drill going from Austin, TX to Huntsville TX oh and we had been in the field all weekend and I had to first drive back from Camp Bulis to Austin and unload and wash the vehicle.

Been there before scared the crap out of me falling asleep at the wheel like that.